There was a thread on here last week about talking to kids about the birds and bees, well the day after my DD asked the question so I went to the bookshop to get the book that I recommended 'where did I come from'. Anyway the bookstore I went to didn't have it and I didn't have time to go to the other store on the other side of the city so I looked to see if there was anything else. I saw another one that was called 'my mummy is having a baby' so I picked it up and had a flick through. I started at the back, it had pictures of the mummy giving birth (nothing to graphic) but it also had pictures of how the baby was developing inside the mothers belly all through the months. I was thinking this is good, this is something I am looking for then I came across it.....

There were TWO pages of a couple having sex!! Now I wouldn't have minded if it was a picture with them in a missionary position under a sheet but this had 12 (yes I counted them) different pictures of the mummy and daddy having sex in 12 different positions!!

There were no words so I flipped the page over to see what the text was and there was another double page spread. This time of mummy and daddy in missionary naked with the words at the top 'the daddy and mummy have sex to make the baby' at the bottom was 'this is one way they have sex but there are lots of different ways they can do it'.

I KID YOU NOT!!! I was dumb founded!!!

I took the book to the old lady at the counter and I asked her if she knew what was inside it, she answered no so I showed her and the poor thing nearly had a heart attack. She was like 'I'm not selling that in my store!!" and went and took the rest of the shelf...

Really what are publishers doing!!!

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Good for you. That is terrible. Y'know, even if it wasn't just us that wanted to protect them from seeing that stuff, most kids just think their parents having sex is gross and they just don't want to picture it. In your shoes, I'd also write the publisher with my outrage. I find sneakiness like that every so often, and have even taken a few examples to Barnes and Noble's managers when I buy a book that has inappropriate content. I've asked them to move a few books out of the little children's area. One is where someone's head gets cut off and get carried around. And have you looked at the Lemony Snickets series? OMG..totally inappropriate for anyone under 13. I won't even read my kids the original Grimms Fairy Tales. And even Snow White...Snow White! The original is even more graphic, but even the Disney addition has the queen ordering the Huntsman to kill her and bring back her heart in a box. So, yes, this is in the Disney book, he kills a wild boar and presents its heart in a box. Talk about giving a kid nightmares. Early, early desensitization. It's our job as parents to do exactly what you did..preview it and speak out. My son sees no DVD without my viewing it ahead of time or with him, depending. Even on the cartoon shows they throw inappropriate things in. Even Buster, on PBS, has either gay characters or they talk about it...not that there's anything wrong with that , but we're not ready to present our little kids with it at this time, just like we're not discussing sex yet. That should be OUR choice, not the media sneaking in stuff when they think we're not watching. Especially when they've established our trust, like that series. GRrr.

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Oh my! Completely inappropriate! Good for you for showing the shop owner, and good for her for pulling the book.

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WOW! That is crazy. Good for you for taking it up to the register and telling them about it.

Yes totally inappropriate!!!

I think it depends on the age of a child. Some parents might choose to go into further detail in educating their kids about sex, especially if the child is older. I think it is entirely appropriate to have a range of books available so a parent can pick and choose how much information to provide to their child. All that happened here is that an option that might have been right for other parents has effectively been censored.

I tend to agree with this. The book might not have been appropriate for my 6 yo, but would have been for my 13 yo. I probably would have been shocked when I saw it too. I am wondering what section it was in.

OH WOW. I don't know what else to say. WOW.

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It wouldn't be my personal choice but I know of some people that might want to go that route. Personally I figure kids have no problems figuring out how to have sex when the time finally comes - they really don't need my help giving them pictures.

That is just gross.